Does it pay?

[BlackHawkA4]

Ok, ive been reading some threads on engine swaps, and how it dosnt pay. But does it pay to mod the 232???? What could you posibbly do? What could you get your 1/4 mile time too? I noticed that after 2nd gear the 232 just stops pulling.... is that changable? what about the head gaskets... they go pretty quick on the 232... anyway to fix that?

 

[atlblue2000]

Whats your budget? What are your goals, both HP/TQ and 1/4 mile wise?

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Well... i really wanted the power of a v8. Im really aiming for under 14s 1/4 mile times. I wanted to do a 302 with a superchagrer to get 11 second 1.4 mile times. Budget.. well i dont have a job right now. But summer time ill have a job as town police (12 dollars an hour) and secuirty (10 dollars an hour). So.. thats when i was really going to do some work. As far as money i have right now.. nothing till i sell my other car... prob somewhere arou 1500-2000 $$. But the head gaskets on the 3.8 scare me.. any thing i can do about those?

 

['03 6-Speed]

look at www.v6power.net and you can see all the timeslips of the fastest V6 mustangs out there. Last time I checked there were 3 in the 11s, which is damn good if ya ask me.

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Is there anyway to top out higher. 1/4 times are awsome when they get low. But i noticed when my car gets to 100 it seems to just die and stop pulling

 

[98_stang_guy]

Is there anyway to top out higher. 1/4 times are awsome when they get low. But i noticed when my car gets to 100 it seems to just die and stop pulling

you dont need to go faster than 75...and in the 1/4 you really dont need to worry about 100+ in a V6 mustang unless you have a lot of money stuck into it. there is a speed limiter at 110mph, but a chip can take care of that (if you really need to go faster than that...)

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Thanks alot.. i thought something was wrong with my far that it like stopped when it got up there.

 

[Linz]

I had a nice high 14 second car with just a few bolt ons, when I had my v6. Not to shabby...

 

[98CobraClone]

my daily driver kicks the balls off of most V8 stangs around here. Of course I've got around 5000 in it

 

[ryanrule]

twin turbo it and run 11's for 4g

 

[77sleeper]

Well... i really wanted the power of a v8.

I HATE THAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN???

the 1981 255ci v8 Mustang had 120hp